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He said: “It’s a nightmare. I don’t know what I can do and I don’t where to turn to.”

The 63-year-old won the lotto cash in September.

Daniel, of Motherwell, added: “I didn’t know I had to tell the Department for Work and Pensions, so I spent it all by giving it to my two sons and my daughter, paid two family holidays, did up my house and bought clothes for me and my wife.

“The money was all spent by November.

“In December, I got a letter from the DWP saying I had to go to an appointment. They then told me I had been reported by the tax office for having £80,000 in my bank.

“That was true in September but not when I went for the interview. I was £7 overdrawn.

“Now they have stopped my benefit. The only income I have is my personal independence payment of £350 per month and a pension of £1.08 per week.

“I have to pay full rent and council tax so we have little left to live on. My wife, who is my carer, gets £62 a week. She has to put that aside to pay other bills like gas, electric and phone.”

He says he is now living in poverty since no longer qualifying for help (Image: DAILY RECORD)

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Daniel, who worked in security, has long-term health problems. His wife Bridget, 63, is his full-time carer.

She said: “There are people winning millions of pounds and we just get a bit of luck and all of a sudden, we are punished for it.

“We helped our neighbour and friends out with some cash. We gave it to our family and have nothing left. We paid for three family holidays – a cruise and two big trips to Benidorm.

“We got the kitchen and hall decorated and the bathroom and living room are to be done. There is nothing left.

“The DWP have said we aren’t entitled to any money. They say that we have deprived ourselves of capital and don’t qualify for the benefits.

“On the paperwork, they ask about a change of circumstances but they do not specify what that means.

“We just don’t know what we will do.”

The Motherwell man says he feels like he's now being punished for having a spot of luck (Image: DAILY RECORD)

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Daniel’s tale of woe echoes the case of a disabled lottery winner who said he wished he had never won his £20,000 prize after his benefits were cancelled in November 2014.

George Grant, then 54, hoped to go on a luxury holiday to Nashville, Tennessee, after winning the cash on a National Lottery Lucky Dip ticket.

Because George, of Golspie in Sutherland, had savings over the UK Government’s £16,000 limit, he could only make what benefit bosses describe as “reasonable expenditure”.

And some of his benefits were stopped.

At the time, he said: “I wish I’d never won this money, the hassle it has caused me. I won’t be buying a ticket again.”

George was left unable to work after a motorbike accident when he was 21.

He previously earned a living as a youth leader and disc jockey. After the accident, he relied on disability living allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit.

Last week it was revealed the DWP spent more than £100million in just over two years on conducting reviews and appeals against disability benefits decisions.

Tens of millions of pounds a year are also spent by the Ministry of Justice on the appeals, about two-thirds of which were won by claimants in the past year.

The costs were described as “staggering” and a former Conservative minister said “something is seriously wrong with the system”.

A DWP spokeswoman said: “It’s very important that people tell us of any changes to their circumstances so they can receive the right support.”

Officials said there are a number of changes claimants need to report. They include income going up or down, changes to pension, savings, investments or property, changes to other money such as student loans or grants, sick pay and changes to benefits that the claimant or anyone in their home gets.

Britain’s youngest lotto millionaire, Jane Park from Edinburgh, also claims her jackpot ruined her life. She plans to sue lotto bosses, claiming they gave her bad advice.